grades good enough for medicine?

Hi I received my GCSE results and wanted to know if my stats are good enough for medicine, I know it is very early to decide if i could get into a medical school but i just want general advice if these grades will cut it for medical schools.

GCSE: 5A*(bio chem physics maths stats) 3A(history,RS,lit) 1B(eng lang,one mark off an A getting it remarked) 1C(graphics)
AS and A levels: starting bio chem physics and maths in september
Work experience: I already have 3 weeks work experience in endocrinology,pediatrics and a&e.
Voluntary: 5 months at charity shop, 4 months at care home(continuing till next year) and part of school buddy scheme.

I am really worried about the C in graphics, will it hold me back? also if anyone has any advice on how to get good as results please reply.

thanks a lot.

Hi I received my GCSE results and wanted to know if my stats are good enough for medicine, I know it is very early to decide if i could get into a medical school but i just want general advice if these grades will cut it for medical schools.

GCSE: 5A*(bio chem physics maths stats) 3A(history,RS,lit) 1B(eng lang,one mark off an A getting it remarked) 1C(graphics)
AS and A levels: starting bio chem physics and maths in september
Work experience: I already have 3 weeks work experience in endocrinology,pediatrics and a&e.
Voluntary: 5 months at charity shop, 4 months at care home(continuing till next year) and part of school buddy scheme.

I am really worried about the C in graphics, will it hold me back? also if anyone has any advice on how to get good as results please reply.

thanks a lot.

Most universities will look at your AS grades. GCSEs aren't really important when they consider you for Medicine just UoB. Try really hard getting good AS grades. Straight AAA.

They're great results. However, medicine is very competitive so you should avoid applying to GCSE-heavy medical schools like Cardiff, QUB and Oxford.

Also, that's a tough subject combination. Don't get complacent in year 12. I did so and could arguably have got better grades than I did end up getting.

thanks i will try really hard and wont get complacent, do you have any other tips for getting good results at as.

The best tip I can give is that just don't treat it like GCSE. Gone are the days when you could revise for four hours the night before the exam and come out with an A*. Start early but take it one bit at a time. Make sure you do some past papers during the year but don't really go into the doing-each-past-paper-since-2000-twice phase until about maybe February/March time.

And always ask if you don't understand. At GCSE not giving a damn in lessons can work but not at A-level, I'm afraid.

Hi I received my GCSE results and wanted to know if my stats are good enough for medicine, I know it is very early to decide if i could get into a medical school but i just want general advice if these grades will cut it for medical schools.

GCSE: 5A*(bio chem physics maths stats) 3A(history,RS,lit) 1B(eng lang,one mark off an A getting it remarked) 1C(graphics)
AS and A levels: starting bio chem physics and maths in september
Work experience: I already have 3 weeks work experience in endocrinology,pediatrics and a&e.
Voluntary: 5 months at charity shop, 4 months at care home(continuing till next year) and part of school buddy scheme.

I am really worried about the C in graphics, will it hold me back? also if anyone has any advice on how to get good as results please reply.

thanks a lot.

Don't worry about the C in graphics - it not a 'hard' subject. Medical Schools tend to look at GCSEs as a way of working out the work load that you can cope with and also look at your average gcse grade. But they also have specific requirements for english which will affect you.